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Letters Patent N01 70,890, datedv November 12, 1867.

ASH-SIPTER.

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Be it known that I, DANIEL E. PARIS, of Troy, in the county ofltensselaer, and State of New-York, have invented new and usefulimprovements in Ash-Sifters and Pans; and I do herebyv claim that thefollowing is a full, clear, and accurate description of the same, whichwill'enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in whic Figure 1 shows the ash-pan, the siftcr beingconcealed by the covers Cand D.

Figure 2 shows the ash-sitter, with'the covers standing upright and thebail lying flat.

ash-pan.

Figure 4 shows the bail lying flat, engaged with thejend of the sifter,and in position to engage with the ash-pan through the slot at each sideof the same, which is don-e by lifting the bail up into an uprightposition, as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 6 shows the arrangement of the ash-pan at each side or end of thesame. Figure 7 shows the ear to the ash-sitter into which its bail B issprung, which is done by first inserting one end of the bail in one earand then springing it into the other. I Y

This invention has for its object a new and better method of handlingand moving ash-sitters, which is done by means of the bail B, which ismade with the projecting hook it e at either end of the same, so that itwill engage with the ash-pan A through the'slots cast at each side orend of the same, whenever said bail is raised into a vertical position,as shownin fig. 5; thus both the sifter and the pan are moved at onceand together by one bail, that of the sifter. The sifter can be raisedseparately from the pan by lifting it up when the bail is at an angle offorty-five degrees or thereabouts, at least it must be less thanperpendicular, or it will engage with the pan also. 1 i

The advantages of this invention are briefly as follows: Most peopleprefer to sift their ashes from the coal or cinders out of doors, in ashed or some place other than the room where the stove is. used; and insuch case, by taking hold of the bail, raising it up vertically,the'sii'ter and pan are grappled together, and both carried to the placedesired. The pan is then disengaged from the siftcr, and after the ashesare removed the coals are left clear in the sifter. The sifter is thenreplaced in the pan, and both carried back, the pan placed in the stove,and the contents of the siit er emptied into the firebox by means ofjj sbail. The same process isadopted M l e ,a 1f the coals are sifted in thehouse, and in any case the bail is always ready tomove the sifter or panand sifter both together and in either case the coals are savedfromthesiftings, and cannot possibly mix with the ashes; all of it is saved andreturned'to the fire-box, both pieces having all the advantages of twoseparate bails.

Ash-sitters situated inside of an ash-pun have not heretofore, Ibelieve, been made with bails. I suppose one of the reasons why this ha"not been done is, because it is very diilicult to make abail to botharticles, for

the reasonthat there is not room for them both in an ordinary ash-pit,and for the furthr and greaterreason' that abail to an ash-sifter simplywould be of no use, unless the ashes are to be sifted inside of thestove; for as soon as one should attempt to carry it, before sifted,with every slightest motion the ashes would fall through it, leaving amark wherever carried. Thus, if taken from the stove before sifting, thesifter and pan must be. carried both together, so that the pan willcatch the ashes that are constantly dropping from the siftcr. This couldbe done by making two bails, but this would not be practicable, for itmade of suflicient size they would occupyroom, and in any event would bein the way of each other, and, what is more, the expense would bedoubled. Here I have a bail to the sit'tcr only, and no bail at all tothe ash-pan, for that has neither a bail-p101" any placeto put a bail.The slots at each end of the pan are like the slots in a griddle orcover to the stove top. Stove-covers have no bails or lifters, thoughthey may have a place for a lifter; so this ash-pan has no bail nor anyplace for a bail, as such, though it has a place for a lifter at eitherend. The very idea of a bail is a permanent fixture to an article. Itmay be movable or separable, like the bail to my sifter, which is easilydisengaged by springing it in a little, yet it is just as much a bail asthough it were a permanent-fixture. So when the two are used together,(the sifter and the pan',) the sifter sitting inside the pan, the lattercan certainly haveno bail, for two separate or separable objects cannotboth have one and the same bail.

But I use the bail tomy siftcr separate from the sifter with wood andsoft-coal stoves where no sifting is Figure 3 shows the formation of oneend of the bail to the sitter, or, when used alone, the lifter to theneeded. I use the bail there as a lifter to the ash-pan,.a doubleself-adjusting lifter, which is neither attached nor attachable to thepan, and is only engaged with it while in actual use; for the momentthat it is let down horizontally, it becomes of itself at oncedisengaged with the pan. If it had to be taken out, pushed, or sprungout, it would then be a bail; but as now made it is only a lifter. Theobject and great utility of this doable lifter over a bail is, that itdoes not get hot. It is cool and ready for use. at all times, for it is'not left,-and cannot be left, engaged with the pan any longer than it isin actual use and when not in use, it is or should be laid aside andkept cool. Therefore for use in a hot place, like an ash-chamber, thislifter will be preferred to a bail, for it can always be kept cool, andwhen used as a lifter only it can have a wooden handle, if desired.'

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-.-

' 1. A bail to an ash-sifter used separatelyifrem an ash-pan, orconstructed with hooks or lugs at either end of the bail, so as toengage with an ash-pan surrounding or enclosing the sifter,'and so thatboth sifter and pan can be moved by the bail or the sifter separately.

2. I claim a double seli aeting lifter to an ash-pan or ashof moving thepan or sifter, but not attached or attachable to them, except wposition, as herein described and explained.

lifter, so constructed with hooks or other means hile in actual use orin-vertieal DANIEL E. PARIS.

Witnesses:

LOUIS POTTER, Guns. E. POTTER.

